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News Article | January 5, 2017
The USPS and Staples Deal is Over!
Stop Staples protest in El Cerrito, CA. Postal management informed the APWU in writing that the “Approved Shipper” program in Staples stores will be shut down by the end of February 2017. This victory concludes the APWU’s three-year struggle. The boycott against Staples is over!
News Article | January 1, 2017
Recent Clerk Craft NBA Retirements
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In 2016, three National Business Agents (NBAs) from the Clerk Division retired. “The APWU holds itself to the high standards that Sister Merow, Brother Taff and Brother Barron regularly met,” sa...
News Article | January 1, 2017
This Too Shall Pass, We Must Persevere
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As I am writing this article, our national elections have just finished. The candidate our union endorsed for U. S. President did not prevail, and there were few gains in the House and Senate.
News Article | January 1, 2017
SEAM Challenged in National Arbitration
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As we traveled across the country, we began to hear stories and concerns from our members concerning the new program Solution for Enterprise Asset Management (SEAM), including the obvious shiftin...
News Article | January 1, 2017
Moving Forward
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We all begin a new year with hopes for improvements on the past year. Even if the past year was a really great one, for instance, one in which the Cubs won the World Series. It is human nature to...
News Article | January 1, 2017
Keep the Clerk Craft Strong
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Clerk Craft continued to grow with a net gain of approximately 5,500 new employees in the last year. Nearly all of this growth has been to career jobs. If we continue forward with increased o...
News Article | January 1, 2017
Wells Fargo Scandal: A Labor Issue and One More Argument for Postal Banking
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf of “gutless leadership” during a Senate Banking Committee hearing. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The recent Wells Fargo scandal, involving the nation’s...
News Article | January 1, 2017
UNI Post and Logistics World Conference Endorses Staples Boycott
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Stop Staples campaign has gone global. In October 2016, the UNI Post and Logistics World Conference passed a resolution, brought forward by President Dimondstein, in support of the APWU’s Sto...
News Article | January 1, 2017
Labor Unites at Rally for Social & Economic Justice and Equality
Hundreds of union members and allies rallied outside of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 17. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Hundreds of labor union members gathered outside of the U.S. Capitol building on Nov. 17 for the Rally for S...
News Article | January 1, 2017
A Grand Alliance Goes to Farm Aid
AGA advocates speaking with Farm Aid concertgoers. Over one hundred attendees signed the pledge to ‘Save our Public Postal Service.’ Sign the pledge today at agrandalliance.org/pledge. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A Grand...
News Article | January 1, 2017
NLRB Judge Orders Staples to Stop Handling U.S. Mail
Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Workers Solidarity Committee protested in front of a location on McKnight Road in Pittsburgh, PA on Oct. 16. All APWU crafts attended, along with letter carriers, retired mail handlers, and allies. (This article first appeared in the January-February 201...
News Article | January 1, 2017
APWU Gets Out the Vote!
(left to right) Bruce Jackson, President, Cleveland APWU Retirees, Wheeler Nunn, Dorella McCary, Rep. Marcia Fudge, and Charles Walton, President, Ohio Postal Workers Union after participating in a phone bank. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Wor...
News Article | January 1, 2017
Liberty and Justice for All
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) “Liberty and justice for all” is universally known in America. These are words we have said hundreds of times when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, but the phrase is far from ordinary. Together...
News Article | January 1, 2017
Develop a Home Fire Escape Plan
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Fire can spread rapidly through your home, leaving you little time to escape safely. Your family’s ability to get out depends on their knowledge of home fire safety and developing an escape plan...
News Article | January 1, 2017